To: Abeer A

• You cannot seriously compare living in Australia to living here!!!?? Even Canberra!!! Its FULL of art galleries, museums, exhibits, fairs, flower shows...surrounding towns have festivals all the time and there is always new entertainment. Plus being 2.5 hours from Sydney - and the WORLD of culture and entertainment available there. What I expected to find here is to find some sort of national pride and investment in the history of the place. A worthy museum, a well stocked art gallery, theatre, local cuisine (NOT lebenese), music, a National Day celebrated with pride (not silly string and shaving cream), festivals, children's entertainment and theatre educating them on international productions. A well stockd public library which encourages reading from early childhood....great interactive INDOOR play centres (that don't have a McDonald's attached to them!!). World class indoor sporting facilities to get people OUT of the heat and playing soccer / basketball / whatever all year around. God knows the money is there and can be used...and you certainly don't need another mall...but the National Assembly obviously have major objections to people listening to music and going to the theatre, but don't object to them walking aimlessly around malls (me thinks they have some investment in them maybe????).
  There was an interesting piece in the paper about Qatar wanting to host the 2020 games given they did such a great job wiht the 2006 Asia Games. Could you imagine Kuwait ever doing something like that???? What a shame the only point of reference that the world has for Kuwait is the Gulf War....and mistreating foreign workers. Wouldn't it be awesome to give them a new one??

  Dee 12 Aug 2008, 07:16 - Report

Kuwait + Culture